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The Battle of Dove Creek
of the Clear Fork, outside all the settlements 50 or 6o miles"5 and
I. D. Ferguson" locates the discovery in "the big shinnery on the
Clear Fork of the Brazos River near old Fort Phantom Hill." All
questions concerning the location and size of the newly discovered
camp are adequately answered by Gillintine, who wrote the
following:
Dec. 9, 1864
Clear Fork
Col JB Barry
Sir
I am out on a Scout and i struck the clear fork at phantom. Hill,
I, advanced up it about 3o, miles. and there found, a Considerable
horse sigh [sic]. On Examining i found a C'amp of a large part of
Indians, 92 wigwams. 8c the poles of ten tents Caried of. I, sopose
them to be 500oo, five hundred or more Indians, I supose they had 40
or 48 hours, they moved of scowley up the Clear fork, the trail was
about, loo yeds wide On examineing we found, a grave and in the
grave a body which was a female Just Buried, which I will send you
One of her mocacin I don't think they had Discovered me. I wish
you to come, and fetch a sufficient number of men with you, I will
wait on paint creek for you, I will Refer you to Mr. Haley for futher
information
Coppy
signed
N. W. GILLINTINE Capt, Com
Of Erath County 2nd
Frontier District'
The mere fact that the camp consisted of "92 wigwams" should
have revealed to a veteran Indian fighter or scout that the Indians
in question were not the nomadic Comanches or other plains
tribes but a tribe from the eastern woodlands. The scouting
party, however, did not identify the Indians by the characteristics
of their camping grounds. Having at the time of his discovery only
twenty-three men, Gillintine fell back to Paint Creek. More
Indian signs were discovered along this stream and he decided
6G. B. Erath, Major, to Col. G. Burt, Adjt. Genl. February 2, 1865, Confederate
Papers, Archives, Texas State Library.
6J. Marvin Hunter (ed.), "The Battle of Dove Creek," West Texas Historical
Association Year Book, X (October, 1934), 74ff. Hunter reproduces the memoirs
of I. D. Ferguson, a participant in the Dove Creek fight.
7James Buckner Barry Papers, 1863-1864, Archives, University of Texas Library.369
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